embarrass into doing
embarrass (someone) into (doing something)
To shame or humiliate someone into doing something. The newspaper ran an unflattering story about our CEO and embarrassed him into donating money to various charities. The other kids embarrassed me into starting the food fight by calling me names.
See also: embarrass
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
embarrass someone into doing something
to shame someone into doing something. They tried to embarrass me into doing it, but I resisted. Juan tried to embarrass Fred into going home early.
See also: embarrass
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
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- blame for
- blame for (something)
- blamed
- conspire with (someone) against (something or someone)
- the blame for (something)
- chain of command
- pilfer
- pilfer from
- pilfer from (someone or something)